Improved school settee and desk



J.PEAR D. SCHOOL SETTEE AND DESK.

No. 66,384. Patented July 2, 1867.

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IMPROVED SCHOOL SET'IEE AND DESK.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, Jenn PEARD, ofthe city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and improved School Settee and Desk, and thatthe following descriptiom-taken in connection with the accompany ingdrawings hereinafter referred to,-forms a full and exact specificationof the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles ofmysaid improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished from allothers of a similar class, together withsuch parts as I claim and desireto have-secured to me by Letters Patent.

This inventionrelates'toa new and improved combination of a schoolsettee and desk, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby avery cheap and durable article of the kind specified is obtained andonewhich will admit of being compactly foldedwhen not required for use, andcontain both a book and'a slate rack. In.

the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a transverse verticalsection of my invention in a folded state taken in the line a: :v, fig.3. Figure 2, atransverse vertical sectionof the same in an unfolded ordistended state taken in thelineyy, fig. 3Q Figure 3, aplan or top'vicwof'the same. 7

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AArepresen'tthe two side pieces of the combined settee and desk l Theseside pieces are of cast iron, each cast in a single piece, and havebases a at their lower ends, through which screws pass into the door tofirmly secure the article inzposition. B represents the back of thesettee, which is of wood, and provided with a top rail, b having arecess or opening, 0, in it to receive the inkstand. This wooden-back is,firmly secured between the side pieces," and also an oblong box, C,which serves as a book-rack, and a narrow box, D, directly behind U,which serves as a slate-rack, both boxes being of wood. vE representsthe dtsk, also constructed of wood, so as to form a smooth,plane'surface, and provided at each side, at its inner end,.niith metalstrips a having pins d d to fit into grooves e in the inner surfaces ofthe side pieces A A. These grooves are inclined, as shown in figs. 1 and2, and the front edge ofisaid groove is rounded at its upper end andinclinedsliglitly from a horizontal position to serve as a support forthe desk when drawn'out' and adjusted for use, the pins hea'ring'againstthe upper ends of the grooves 0. (Sec fig. 2,) When the desk is notrequired for use it is slipped. down betweenv the side pieces A A, asshown in fig. 1, the pins (1 01 working in the grooves e, serving asguides. Thus, by this simple arrangement the desk, when not required foruse, may be adjusted out of the way wholly within the compass of spacecomprised within the side pieces A A. F represents the seat, also:constructed of wood, and having metal bars or stripsf attached to itsends, with a slot, g, in each to receive pins 7:. at the upper ends ofmetal supportsG G, the lower ends of which are pivoted to the sidepieces A A, as shown at h, the bars or stripsf being pivoted to the sidepieces A A, as shown at 9*. 7

By this arrangement it will be seen that theseat F may, when notrequired for use, beraised up out-of the-way, (see fig. 1,) or turneddown whenrequired for use, as shown in fig. 2. The device isextremelysimple and efiicient may be very economically constructed, andis extremely strong and durable, there being no parts liable to get outof repair or become deranged by use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to securcby Letters Patent- 1. The sliding desk E, containing the metallic stripsa arranged in .the manner substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

.2. The seat F, provided with slotted metal'bars or strips f at itsends, in combination with the pivoted sup-' ports G G, having pins Ii attheir upper ends to work in the slots of the bars or stripsf,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of thesliding desk E with the pivoted seat F andsupports G Grand the side pieces A A, all arranged substantially as andforthe purpose specified. r

4. The book-and slate-racks C D, in combination'with the desk -E,-pivoted seat F, and side pieces A A,

substantially as and for the purpose-setforth.

JOHN PE ARD.

Witnesses:

WM. F. 'MONAMARA, Jams 11. Fosrsn.

